SR2,29,424 (2) (a) The chief clerk shall advise the presiding officer president of documents
25which that must be referred under the rules and the presiding officer president shall

1promptly determine refer the document to the appropriate committee of reference for
2such documents so that they can be read and referred by the
. The chief clerk shall
3announce the referral on the next session day
upon reaching the appropriate order
4of business.
SR2,29,105 (b) Within 3 working days of after the time of initial referral by the president
6under rule 4 (10), a proposed rule may, with consent of the chair chairperson of the
7standing committee
, be withdrawn from the standing committee to which it is
8referred and rereferred to another standing committee. Such action does not extend
9the standing committee review period. Rereferral may be made during any
10floorperiod or committee work period at any time.
SR2,29,1711 (c) Within 5 working days of after the time of initial referral by the president
12under rule 36 (2), any bill, joint resolution, resolution proposal or appointment may,
13with the consent of the chair chairperson of the standing committee, be withdrawn
14from the standing committee to which it is referred and rereferred to another
15standing committee. Rereferral under this rule may be made during any committee
16work period
at any time, but may not be used to satisfy section 13.093 (1) of the
17statutes.
SR2,29,2418 (5) A proposed amendment that is offered shall have a heading stating the
19number of the bill, joint resolution, or resolution proposal that it is proposed to
20amend and the name of the member proposing the amendment. The chief clerk shall
21read the number of the amendment. The amendment shall be reproduced. The
22jacket copy of the amendment shall be placed in the jacket and copies shall be
23distributed as provided by the rules. Amendments filed shall be recorded at the end
24of each day's journal.
SR2, s. 54 25Section 54. Senate rule 47 (1), (3) and (5) are amended to read:
SR2,30,3
1Senate Rule 47 (1) Consideration of simple amendments or of substitute
2amendments shall be is in order only upon the second reading of the bill or resolution
3proposal and if in compliance with rule 34.
SR2,30,84 (3) Any senate resolution or joint resolution which that does not propose an
5amendment to the constitution may be referred directly to the committee on senate
6organization. When placed on the calendar under rule 18 such resolutions shall be
7placed under the proper "2nd reading" order of business and, upon reading, the
8question shall be is directly upon adoption or concurrence.
SR2,30,109 (5) In no case shall amendment be Amendments are not in order upon
10consideration of an executive veto.
SR2, s. 55 11Section 55. Senate rule 48 is amended to read:
SR2,30,15 12Senate Rule 48. Reading of amendments. The full text of each amendment
13shall be read to the members by the chief clerk, and the number of each amendment
14shall be stated by the president presiding officer, but the reading at length shall may
15not occur for amendments which that have been distributed to the members.
SR2, s. 56 16Section 56. Senate rule 49 is amended to read:
SR2,30,25 17Senate Rule 49. Offering amendments. Amendments shall be numbered in
18the order received, and shall bear the name of the member or the committee offering
19the same. Amendments shall be prepared in proper form by the legislative reference
20bureau, and shall be offered in compliance with rule 29; except that when the
21proposal is debated on 2nd reading, amendments may be offered from the floor. The
22chief clerk shall have amendments offered from the floor drawn in proper form as
23soon as possible and before the bill is subsequently engrossed, and delivered to a
24committee or to the assembly. This provision does not delay action upon any an
25amendment offered from the floor.
SR2, s. 57
1Section 57. Senate rule 50 (1) to (3), (5), (6), (8) and (10) are amended to read:
SR2,31,6 2Senate Rule 50 (1) No A standing committee shall may not report any
3substitute or amendment for any proposal originating in either house and referred
4to such the committee nor shall and the senate may not consider any substitute or
5amendment which that relates to a different subject, is intended to accomplish a
6different purpose, or would totally alter the nature of the original proposal.
SR2,31,117 (2) Any substitute or amendment so reported shall be rejected involving sub.
8(1) may not be considered
whenever prior to, before its adoption, the senate is advised
9that the same is in violation of this rule, and the president shall rule presiding officer
10rules
on the admissibility of such the substitute or amendment when the question
11is raised.
SR2,31,1412 (3) The senate may consider the germaneness of senate substitutes and
13amendments only, and only when such the substitute or amendment is before the
14senate.
SR2,31,2015 (5) An amendment repealing a section amended by the original proposal or
16amending a section repealed by the original proposal, except to change the effective
17date, or striking out all new material in the original proposal is not germane, but an
18amendment restoring a proposal to its original form or an amendment adding new
19statutory material on the same subject and with the same purpose to a proposal
20amending or restoring material stricken by a previous amendment is germane.
SR2,32,221 (6) An amendment otherwise germane which adds or repeals material
22previously adopted or rejected by the senate in another bill is germane. An identical
23amendment or an amendment identical in effect to one previously rejected as
24another amendment to the same bill or identical with to a proposal currently before

1the senate is not germane, but such amendments are germane if not identical with
2prior rejected amendments to the same bill or proposals currently before the senate.
SR2,32,63 (8) Amendments proposing methods of raising revenues are germane to
4appropriation measures bills and amendments proposing appropriations are
5germane to revenue measures bills. Amendments adding appropriation measures
6appropriations necessary to fulfill the original intent of a proposal are germane.
SR2,32,97 (10) Amendments to a revision bill are germane, but amendments to a revisor's
8revision or correction bill are germane only if they make corrections and do not add
9new substantive material.
SR2, s. 58 10Section 58. Senate rule 51 is amended to read:
SR2,32,15 11Senate Rule 51. Amendment in the 3rd degree prohibited. In order to
12prevent confusion, amendments
Amendments beyond the degree of an amendment
13to an amendment to the main proposition are prohibited. For the purposes of this
14rule any substitute amendment, and any assembly amendment to a senate proposal
15or amendment, shall be are considered as a main proposition.
SR2, s. 59 16Section 59. Senate rule 52 is amended to read:
SR2,32,21 17Senate Rule 52. Motions to be germane; how bills may not be amended.
18No A motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall
19may not be admitted under color of amendment; and no bill or resolution shall at any
20time
. A proposal may not be amended by annexing thereto or incorporating therein
21any other bill or resolution proposal pending before the senate.
SR2, s. 60 22Section 60. Senate rule 55 is amended to read:
SR2,33,2 23Senate Rule 55. Order of action. If adverse action is recommended by a
24committee, that question shall be put first put. However, the senate may direct the

1consideration of amendments, but adoption of amendments shall does not change the
2question.
SR2, s. 61 3Section 61. Senate rule 56 is amended to read:
SR2,33,9 4Senate Rule 56. Recognition; debate. Members who are about to speak in
5debate or deliver any matter to the senate shall rise in their places and respectfully
6address the chair presiding officer, and, upon being recognized, shall proceed,
7confining themselves to the question under debate, and avoiding personalities.
8Members may not question the motives of another member. Members may read
9briefly from printed material unless there is objection.
SR2, s. 62 10Section 62. Senate rule 57 is amended to read:
SR2,33,13 11Senate Rule 57. President Presiding officer to name first speaker. When
12any 2 or more members rise at the same time, the president presiding officer shall
13name the person who is to speak first.
SR2, s. 63 14Section 63. Senate rule 58 is amended to read:
SR2,33,20 15Senate Rule 58. Member out of order. Any member called to order shall sit
16down, and shall may not speak, except in explanation, until it shall have been is
17determined whether or not the member was in order. When a member is called to
18order for words spoken, the exceptional words shall be taken down in writing to
19better enable the president presiding officer to judge whether they are in violation
20of the rules.
SR2, s. 64 21Section 64. Senate rule 59 is amended to read:
SR2,34,2 22Senate Rule 59. How members may speak. Members shall may not speak
23except from their assigned places, and not more than twice on a question, except on
24leave of the senate. And if If a question pending be is lost by adjournment and
25revived on the succeeding day, no a member who shall have spoken spoke twice on

1the preceding day shall be permitted may not again to speak without leave of the
2senate.
SR2, s. 65 3Section 65. Senate rule 60 is amended to read:
SR2,34,10 4Senate Rule 60. Personal privilege. Members may rise to explain matters
5personal to themselves by leave of the president presiding officer, but shall may not
6discuss pending questions in such the explanations. Questions of personal privilege
7shall be are limited to questions affecting the rights, reputation, and conduct of the
8members in their representative capacities. A member's right to speak on a point of
9personal privilege shall have precedence over all other questions except a motion to
10adjourn or a motion to raise a call.
SR2, s. 66 11Section 66. Senate rule 61 is amended to read:
SR2,34,20 12Senate Rule 61. Special privilege. Any member desiring to make a personal
13explanation on a matter other than one of personal privilege may rise and, by leave
14of the president presiding officer, and within such limitation of time as the president
15presiding officer or senate may determine, discuss any subject relative to state or
16local government, public welfare, conduct of public officials in relation to their official
17duties, as well as and matters pertaining to the rights of the senate collectively, and
18its safety, and dignity, and the integrity of its proceedings. A member shall may not
19be granted the right to speak on a point of special privilege while any matter is
20pending or under discussion before the senate.
SR2, s. 67 21Section 67. Senate rule 62 is amended to read:
SR2,35,2 22Senate Rule 62. Stating motions. When a motion is made, it shall be stated
23by the president presiding officer or read by the chief clerk, previous to debate. If any
24member requires it, all motions, except to adjourn, postpone, or refer, shall be

1reduced to writing. Except as provided in rule 67, any motion may be withdrawn by
2consent of the senate.
SR2, s. 68 3Section 68. Senate rule 63 (1) (intro.), (d), (j) and (k) and (2) are amended to
4read:
SR2,35,6 5Senate Rule 63 (1) (intro.) When a question is under debate, no a motion shall
6may not be received except:
SR2,35,87 (d) Personal privilege (not debatable, subject to time limit imposed by president
8the presiding officer, see rule 60).
SR2,35,109 (j) To refer to a standing committee (debatable, in order at any time prior to
10before passage, see rule 41).
SR2,35,1211 (k) To refer to a special committee (debatable, in order at any time prior to
12before passage, see rule 41).
SR2,35,1413 (2) These several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they
14stand arranged are set forth in this rule.
SR2, s. 69 15Section 69. Senate rule 64 is amended to read:
SR2,35,22 16Senate Rule 64. Motion to adjourn always in order. A motion to adjourn
17shall always be in order except when the senate is voting, but this rule shall not
18authorize any
. However, a member to may not move an adjournment when another
19member has the floor, nor shall and 2 consecutive motions to adjourn be are not in
20order unless other business intervenes. A motion to adjourn to a time certain or to
21recess shall have the same privilege as a motion to adjourn, but such motions shall
22have the order of precedence prescribed in rule 63.
SR2, s. 70 23Section 70. Senate rule 65 is amended to read:
SR2,36,3
1Senate Rule 65. Laying on table. (1) A motion to lay on the table shall has
2only have the effect of disposing of the matter temporarily and it may be taken from
3the table at any time by order of the senate.
SR2,36,54 (2) A motion to lay a bill or resolution proposal on the table shall, if approved,
5have the effect of returning the matter to the committee on senate organization.
SR2,36,86 (3) A motion to remove a bill or resolution proposal from the table shall, if
7approved, have the effect of withdrawing the matter from the committee on senate
8organization and placing it on the calendar.
SR2, s. 71 9Section 71. Senate rule 66 is amended to read:
SR2,36,15 10Senate Rule 66. Motion to postpone. A motion to postpone to a day certain,
11to refer, or to postpone indefinitely, being decided, shall may not be again allowed on
12the same day unless the matter shall have has been altered by amendment or
13advanced to a subsequent stage. A 2nd motion to reject an amendment shall be is
14subject to the provisions of this rule and shall may not be twice allowed on the same
15day unless altered by amendment.
SR2, s. 72 16Section 72. Senate rule 67 (1), (2) and (5) to (9) are amended to read:
SR2,36,23 17Senate Rule 67 (1) A motion to reconsider a question may be made by any
18member having the floor who voted with the majority, or whose position recorded
19under rule 75 agreed with the majority. In the case of a voice vote or tie vote, the
20motion for reconsideration may be offered by any member not recorded absent on the
21question which it that is moved to reconsider be reconsidered. The motion for
22reconsideration shall be is subject to all rules governing debate as that apply to the
23question which it is moved to reconsider.
SR2,37,224 (2) On questions requiring by the constitution, statutes, rules, or otherwise, a
25specified number of affirmative votes, the prevailing side shall be deemed to be is the

1majority, but such minimum affirmative requirement shall does not apply to the
2question of reconsideration.
SR2,37,53 (5) After the time for receiving the motion has expired, a pending motion for
4reconsideration shall may not be challenged on the ground that the member making
5such the motion did not vote with the majority.
SR2,37,156 (6) A motion for reconsideration, when made on the same day as the action
7which it that is moved to reconsider be reconsidered, and not acted upon due to
8adjournment, other than adjournment under call on the question, shall expire
9expires with adjournment, but if made on the following day shall is not be lost by
10adjournment. A motion to reconsider amendments to a bill shall be is in order
11notwithstanding the bill's advancement to a 3rd reading and a motion to reconsider
12such the advancement shall be is in order notwithstanding the suspension of the
13rules to take final action if such the motions for reconsideration are otherwise timely
14and in order. Reconsideration of amendments under this rule shall have the same
15priority as to order of action as to amend under rule 63.
SR2,37,2116 (7) Whenever a bill is returned from the assembly, the governor, or elsewhere
17for further action pursuant to the senate's request for such the return, motions for
18reconsideration necessarily incident to opening the bill for further action shall be
19admitted regardless of the time limitation otherwise imposed by this rule. Action on
20executive vetoes or appointments or any motion to suspend the rules shall in no case
21not be subject to a motion for reconsideration.
SR2,37,2422 (8) A motion for reconsideration, once entered, may only be withdrawn by the
23member making such the motion, within the time when such the motion by another
24member would still be timely; later only by consent of or action by the senate.
SR2,38,3
1(9) The motion for reconsideration having been put and lost shall may not be
2renewed but, if carried, subsequent motions for reconsideration of the same action
3shall be are in order.
SR2, s. 73 4Section 73. Senate rule 68 is amended to read:
SR2,38,11 5Senate Rule 68. Questions to be decided without debate. A motion to
6adjourn, to adjourn to a fixed time, to take a recess, to lay on the table, to take from
7the table, to place a call, to raise a call, to grant a leave, to suspend the rules, or to
8reconsider a nondebatable question or a call for the current or previous question,
9shall be are decided without debate. And all incidental questions of order arising
10after a motion is made for any of the questions named in this rule, and pending such
11the motion, shall be is decided, whether on appeal or otherwise, without debate.
SR2, s. 74 12Section 74. Senate rule 69 is amended to read:
SR2,38,17 13Senate Rule 69. Privileged motion or resolution. Any A motion or
14resolution relating to the organization or procedure of the senate, or to any of its
15officers, members, or committees, shall be is privileged in that it need not lie over for
16consideration, but may be taken up immediately unless referred to the calendar or
17committee.
SR2, s. 75 18Section 75. Senate rule 70 is amended to read:
SR2,39,2 19Senate Rule 70. Division of question. Any member may call for the division
20of a question, which shall be divided if it consists of propositions in substance so
21distinct that, one being taken away, a substantive proposition shall remain for the
22decision of the senate. A motion to delete and substitute shall be deemed is
23indivisible, but a motion to delete being lost shall does not preclude an amendment
24or a motion to delete and substitute. Division of action directly upon the substance
25of a bill or resolution proposal, as to pass, advance to a 3rd reading, indefinitely

1postpone, or any equivalent, which division may be accomplished by an amendment,
2shall are not be permitted under this rule.
SR2, s. 76 3Section 76. Senate rule 71 is amended to read:
SR2,39,7 4Senate Rule 71. Putting question. All questions may be put in this form.:
5"Those who are of the opinion that the bill pass, be concurred in, etc., (as the case may
6be) say, `Aye'. Those of contrary opinion say, `No';" or other appropriate words may
7be used.
SR2, s. 77 8Section 77. Senate rule 72 (1) is amended to read:
SR2,39,13 9Senate Rule 72 (1) The ayes and noes may be ordered by the president
10presiding officer for any vote and shall be ordered when demanded by one-sixth of
11the members present. The chief clerk shall record the votes taken by ayes and noes,
12report the result, and enter the report in the journal together with the names of those
13absent or not voting.
SR2, s. 78 14Section 78. Senate rule 73 (2) is amended to read:
SR2,39,17 15Senate Rule 73 (2) In case When the vote is by ayes and noes, a member
16entering the chamber after the question is put and before it is decided , may have the
17question stated and vote, such with the vote to be being counted in the outcome.
SR2, s. 79 18Section 79. Senate rule 75 is amended to read:
SR2,40,2 19Senate Rule 75. Recording position of absent member. Any member
20absent from all or part of a day's session by leave of the senate under rule 16 or 23
21may, within one week after returning, instruct the chief clerk in writing, on a form
22entitled "statement of position" to be provided by the chief clerk, to have the journal
23show that had the member been present when a certain vote was taken the member
24would on that issue have voted aye or have voted no. If the member returns before

1the vote is taken, such the statement of position shall be is void and the member shall
2cast his or her vote as required under rule 73.
SR2, s. 80 3Section 80. Senate rule 76 is amended to read:
SR2,40,11 4Senate Rule 76. Scheduling time limits for debate. The committee on
5senate organization may, or the majority leader and the minority leader if that
6committee does not object may jointly, designate time limits and schedules for
7debate. The time limits may be rejected or modified by majority vote of the senate,
8but this question shall is not be debatable. Such The schedules and time limits shall
9be announced by the chair presiding officer immediately upon being presented.
10Promptly at the expiration of the time allotted, the president presiding officer shall
11put the question.
SR2, s. 81 12Section 81. Senate rule 77 is amended to read:
SR2,40,17 13Senate Rule 77. Current or previous question; time limit on debate. (1)
14When any matter is under consideration any member may move the "current
15question" or that the "current question be put". Such." The motion shall be is not
16debatable and if carried by a majority the subsidiary question then pending before
17the senate shall be put without debate.
SR2,40,2018 (2) A motion to establish the amount of time to be given a particular matter may
19be made in the same manner as provided in sub. (1), except that this motion shall be
20is subject to amendment, which also shall be is decided without debate.
SR2,40,2421 (3) When any matter is under consideration any member may move the
22"previous question" or that the "previous question be put". Such." The motion shall
23not be debatable and if carried by a majority the main question then pending before
24the senate shall be put without debate.
SR2, s. 82 25Section 82. Senate rule 78 is amended to read:
SR2,41,5
1Senate Rule 78. Putting of motion; ending debate. (1) The previous
2question being moved, the question shall then be: "Shall the main question be now
3put?", which question shall be is determined by the ayes and noes. The main question
4being ordered to be now put, its effect shall be to put an end to is to end all debate,
5and bring the senate to a direct vote upon the main question.
SR2,41,86 (2) Amendments or substitute amendments may be offered, but not debated,
7and shall be considered immediately, and a. A motion to lay on the table shall is not
8be in order after the main question has been is ordered.
SR2,41,119 (3) Ordering the previous question at any stage of a bill or resolution proposal
10shall preclude debate on all questions under that order, but not upon a motion to
11reconsider the question terminating that order.
SR2, s. 83 12Section 83. Senate rule 79 is amended to read:
SR2,41,16 13Senate Rule 79. Main question may remain before the senate. When, on
14taking the previous question, the senate shall decide decides that the main question
15shall not now be put, the main question shall remain as the question before the
16senate, in the same stage of proceedings as before the previous question was moved.
SR2, s. 84 17Section 84. Senate rule 80 is amended to read:
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